The United Arab Emirates government is advising its citizens to avoid wearing the country's traditional dress while traveling abroad.

It came after an Emirati man wearing the country's flowing white robe, called a kandura, a headscarf and a headband was mistaken for a member of ISIS while traveling in the United States. He was handcuffed by the police and later hospitalized in Avon, Ohio, on July 2.

UAE citizens have been urged, through a post on Twitter, to avoid wearing Emirati national dress while traveling abroad, and particularly in public places, "in order to preserve their safety." It came from an official government Twitter account used to provide advice to Emiratis traveling abroad.

A separate statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs "urged women to abide by bans on face veils in parts of Europe," as Reuters reported.